Understanding Young People's Science Aspirations : How students form ideas about ‘becoming a scientist’ (Paperback)

1. Why Study Young People’s Science Aspirations? 2. What Do Young People Today Aspire to? 3.Schools, Lessons and Science Identities 4.The ‘Brainy’ Scientist 5.The Role of Families, Social Class and Science Capital on Young People’s Aspirations 6.Gender, Girls and Science Aspirations 7.Ethnicity and Science Aspirations: British Asian and British Black students 8.Conclusions and Implications for Research, Policy and Practice